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For fuck's sake Miles, and you wonder why people think you're a middle-class snob
I'm from near enough the same area as Haye and 'shook' means someone is scared or nervous. In fact, I think if you used that anywhere in London, people would understand what you mean. I've got a lot of views about Haye as a person & know a hell of a lot more things to make me think less of him than damn near anyone on here, but he in no way speaks bad English. He speaks colloquial English quite articulately and for a guy from South-East London uses very little slang, but one word that really shouldn't be that hard to get the meaning of & it's the end of the world.
Has Hatton's much poorer use of the English language ever bothered you Miles?
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It is poor English, if you had to check that in a GCSE test you would have to mark him down, he is clearly uneducated and somewhat simple. But having said that, I agree that many native speakers use poor spoken English, it is one reason why I think teachers need to be qualified rather than just from a specific country. You have too many chav inbreds, spouting grammatical weirdness and it is just insulting to the ears.
Anyway, the original point I was making was that Wlad speaks very good English and is arguable more articulate and succinct than Amir Khan. Haye can hold a conversation in his own way, but I think it is limited and cringeworthy at times. He makes silly errors with language that make me shudder. Hatton does too for that matter, but less obviously. There is that 'likkle' thing he says which I find quite weird, but on the whole he has a firm grasp of his tenses.
All in all it is no big deal and not a fight breaker. I am looking forward to it.
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I guess in the heat of the moment people lose their way with words and perhaps Haye himself was a bit "shook". It happens sometimes, but the way he kept repeating that oddity just bugged me. One time fair enough, but he just kept saying it and I thought "David Haye, that just isn't on". In fact, I found it downright annoying.
There is no reason why working class people cannot learn appropriate grammatical forms. But as I say, it is but a minor quibble. My spelling can become a bit dodgy when not in full control of my faculties.
i didn't see animosity at all. i saw two men flirting with each other massively!
it starts with the refusal to shake hands. a refusal to touch. haye tries to establish the upper hand, playing hard to get.
then vlad stats to beak down what he sees when he looks at haye... notices how he walks and talks... he comments on haye's "flashy flashy" look and comments specifically on his earrings. he mentions something about medical records...test results maybe...? vlad clearly likes to play safe. he's no fool. he can see haye's wild lifestyle and is weary of std's.
you notice haye starts licking his lips eyes locked on vlad's.
continuing the tease...haye chooses to open by introducing vlad's dickhead like nature to the conversation... mentions something about vlad crawling around on the ground with a shocked like look on his face... something about a man coming for him and how we'll see the gulf between a tremendous little man and good a big man. thats just raw!
then... that crazy stare down... looking at each other. eyes locked. lotsa lip licking. little smiles. you can see the hamsters in their heads spinning: july 2nd, i am gonna bang that dude!
then it happens! at 7:44 haye says it: "you can feel it. oooh... i've got a fucking hard on right now!" crazy!
maybe thats what haye's trainer was talking about when he said we'll never believe what haye's gonna do in the ring.
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For sure, I will be surprised if we don't see a little Calzaghe/Hopkins style bumming.
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The only thing I care about is that this fight isn't on HBO PPV for Americans but just on regular HBO championship boxing.
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Dammit, should have done some proofreading.
That's the thing with spoken language actually, you can't really erase and start again. Though constantly repeating "he's shook" is hardly the way to go about things. Say it once, correct yourself and move on.
Why am I still going on about this? Stop quoting me people, I want to move onto something else. I am not even that bothered about Haye's spoken English! Aaargh!
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I would love to do one of these face offs with Bilbo actually. Master can play Max Kellerman. It would likely have a few gay moments.
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